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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale In Non-Specialised Stores 47.11 - Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 June 2022
Employment effect (start)
14 June 2022
Foreseen end date
31 March 2023
Description
Polish convenience store chain Żabka Polska announced that it will hire 200 people at its new logistics centre in Radzymin near Warsaw, Poland. The recruitment of employees has just started and the centre will begin operating in the first quarter of 2023. The company intends to recruit people with and without any previous experience in logistics. Zabka offers employment contracts, bonuses and transport allowances. The new warehouse will supply 3,500 stores and will help the chain to further develop in the eastern part of the country.
Żabka was founded in 1998. It operates in Poland and Czech Republic. Currently, the company has over 8,000 stores across Poland.
A formers business expansion was announced in April 2020, with 200 jobs created (Zabka-2020-PL).
Eurofound (2022), Żabka, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 107086, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/107086.
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